Tanzania - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

The launch of the KIMSAM SMART COOKING DISTRIBUTORS will ensure cost-effective access and delivery of the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, Gas stove and appliances to the University students, local communities and other groups at Morogoro region.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Recently, Tanzania gained momentum with strong political will in transformation from traditional cooking energies (biomass energies) to smart cooking energies, with the goal of 80% Tanzania population use smart cooking energies by 2034. Thus, country need ambitious, energetic and committed youth to assist the country effort on smart cooking energies. The KIMSAM SMART COOKING DISTRIBUTORS will be a youth led project with the primarily goal to ensure cost-effective access and delivery of the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, Gas stove and appliances. similarly, the project will enhance community awareness rising on the use of smart cooking energies. This will add to the country effort on the adoption of smart cooking energies. The project will be launched at Morogoro region, where there is still low progress in adoption of smart cooking energy

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

The project will inevitably solve the main two hindrance on the adoption of smart cooking methods. Firstly, limited accessibility and affordability of the LPG cylinders and appliances. Secondly, human behaviors change and awareness rising, that directly or indirectly will have an impact on human health, environment health, and socioeconomic significance. With regard to various researches conducted in Tanzania (rural and urban), it is revealed that the adoption and transformation to smart cooking energy succumbed by lack of awareness and education to consumers (end user) and investors even. For instance, bad perception that electricity become too expensive for cooking, deep rooted sociocultural perceptions on the use of firewood and charcoal, limited awareness on the range of availability of LPG.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

Various benefits will emanate from the project implementation, of which directly or indirectly save the county with healthier people, economies and sustainable ecosystem services. In turn contribute to the achievement of SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy). The mainly benefits from this project include improving people livelihood and economies, good health, clean environment, employment, and social welfare. Through the use of LPG for cooking inevitably save time that were lost during searching for firewood and charcoal. Also, the use of smart cooking energies is cost effective in long run than the use of traditional cooking energies. Thus far, the time spend in searching for firewood or charcoal will be shifted to other economic activities and academic that will add to the livelihood improvement and academic performance for students. The transformation will aid in saving the ecosystem by ensuring clean environment.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

The project plan to save all Tanzanian of all age and sex. However, the major emphasis will be given to Local communities at the village levels, University/Collage students, Hotels and Restaurants. These are the major groups potentially impacted with indoor air pollution as well as remain to be potential users of smart cooking energies. The project intended to reduce price of LPG cylinders and strengthen the mode of delivery to the universities/colleges students, local communities and other group.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-02-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

2

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

1

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Ansila Mrisho, young Tanzanian female aged 25. She holds Bachelor of community development. She experienced in community facilitation, managing community scheme and programs. She had been engaged in event management, consultation services, public speaking among others. Athumani Ramadhani, A young Tanzanian male aged 25. Holds a Bachelor of Science in wildlife management. He had an additional skills on graphic designing, online marketing. Also, he had been engaged in small business over 2 years.

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

a) Energy (equipment, services, sustainable energy and fuel)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

5

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

The project will create job opportunities of which will increase individual livelihood hence reduce risk of poverty. Also, adoption of smart energies will inevitably save time of which will be shifted to economic activities hence improve community livelihood.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

6

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

This will be facilitated by reducing potential risk of respiratory diseases. Briefly, adoption of smart cooking energies will save thousands lives of peoples from respiratory diseases, lung cancers, infant abnormalities as consequent of indoor air pollutions. Definitely, our project will aid in ensure healthier communities, reduce DALYs, and patient load at health services facilities due to indoor air pollutions.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

5

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

Among others, students are the target beneficiaries of our project. Students will benefit not only for clean cooking energies but also saving time for academic purposes. For example, at local level students tend to miss school sessions and assisting their parent in searching for firewood. In that perspective, the availability of smart cooking energies at the target site inevitably will increase school attendance hence enhance better academic performance.

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

5

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

The proposed project is youth led with foundation of gender equality at all levels. Also, during project execution the employment opportunities available will consider gender balance. Likewise, the project will exert more emphasis to women by providing exciting discount compared to other groups. This is due to the fact that, women are the most impacted group from the use of traditional cooking energies

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

4

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

Basically, the primarily goal of the project is to assist the achievement of SDG 7, by ensuring availability of cost-effective smart cooking energies at the target sites. Through awareness rising campaign and other planned activities will facilitate widely adoption of smart cooking energies. Thus far, the project will add to the country and UN effort by ensuring adoption of smart cooking energy to 80% of Tanzania population by 2034.

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

4

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

2

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

4

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

4

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

4

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

6

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Through adoption of smart cooking energies together with awareness rising at the project site inevitably will reduce the rate of deforestation as well as greenhouse emission. Thus, contribute to the mitigation of climate change. In addition, the country running the afforestation program, of which the fate and sustainability of the planted trees depend on the human behavior change.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

3

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

5

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

Through the protection and preservation of forest areas from deforestation will pave a way for sustainable wild fauna and flora habitats. Through awareness rising program that will be implemented during the project execution, obviously will reduce the deforestation by adopting to smart cooking energies

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

4

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

5

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Upon project acceptance and initialization, the KIMSAM SMART COOKING DISTRIBUTORS together with the TOTAL ENERGIES will mark the partnership element in accelerating and achievement for the SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energies). Moreover, the project will bind partnership with local NGOs to facilitate the achievement of SDG by 2030.

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

2

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

4

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

5

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

5

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

4

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

6

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

5

05.08 Justification

The project mainly intended to distribute LPG cylinders and appliances to various groups. Indeed, the product and services are new to many targeted users especially in rural areas with limited access to it. However, the project will hold its peculiarity in service delivery, target groups, and enterprise version and technology.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

In spite of limited existing distributors of LPG cylinders in towns of pilot regions, our project intended to be unique in major three elements namely service delivery, price, and community awareness. Actually, at Maswa district in Simiyu region, only one distributor of LPG cylinder available with none supply in rural areas. Also, at Morogoro where somewhat extent distributors available but with quite different service delivery compared to the proposed project. Thus far, the project will deploy and maintain its peculiarity to overcome any competitors, as well as foresee other opportunities that will make the project unique as the market technology change together with human behavior change.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

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